morning, the british house of commons will investigate allegations of illegal phone hacking by rupert murdoch's news corp. the company's "news of the world" newspaper shut down last weekend over the controversy. the home affairs committee will question senior police officials about investigations that some royal police officers took bribes for providing information that was used by reporters. live coverage from london begins at 6:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> now available, c-span's congressional directory. a complete guide to the first session of the 112th congress. inside, new and returning house and senate members with contact information, including 2013 arsdz, district maps and committee assignments. information on the white house. supreme court justices and governors. order online at c-span.org/shop. >> next, new york times foreign affairs columnist thomas friedman on the challenges facing the united states. he spoke at thes a espn institute's ideas festival at the end of june. this is an hour and 10 minutes. [laughter] i will say a couple of nice words about tom. unnecessary though they